Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
15 - 21 October 1998
Issue No.399
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In Egypt's hands
Cairo followed up this week its initiative for dialogue between Damascus and Ankara, writes Nevine Khalil

Celebrating construction
As part of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of Egypt's October 1973 military victory, President Hosni Mubarak this week visited several infrastructural projects outside Cairo.

Press union slams
Turkish war threats
The Press Syndicate's council has condemned Turkish sabre-rattling against Syria. Gihan Shahine reports 		Mock battle marks
Air Force Day
A major manoeuvre provided the highlight of the celebrations marking Air Force Day, attended by President Mubarak. Galal Nassar reports

October's unanswered questions
The silver anniversary of the 1973 War created quite a stir, not only in Egypt but in a number of foreign capitals. Atef El-Ghamri reports on a symposium in Washington that brought together Egyptian, American and Israeli specialists

A matter of discipline
Several members of the People's Assembly and Shura Council are to lose their parliamentary immunity so that they may be questioned in connection with accusations of financial irregularities, thuggery and shameful misconduct. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

A bill that might backfire
Does Washington have the right to decide on religious persecution around the world? The Egyptians' answer, as Amira Howeidy reports, is that it does not

The jury's in
The stalemate at the Egyptian Bar Association has gone international. Fatemah Farag reviews a new report on the controversial sequestration

Ring around the Pyramids
Following a three-year controversy, reports Nevine El-Aref, the Cairo ring road will be re-routed to bypass the Giza necropolis

Marble at a price
Sherine Nasr investigates curious goings-on in a cave near Beni Suef

'Routine sweep'
In what has been described as a "routine security sweep," police last week briefly detained the son of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, spiritual leader of the underground Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya. Jailan Halawi reports

The old and the new
The National Cinema Festival, started a few years ago, hesitates, halts, then gets back on the road again. Hani Mustafa reviews this year's comeback 		Arak El-Balah
Aida returns
to the Pyramids
Verdi's Aida was staged on Monday in its original setting -- the Giza Plateau -- with the Pyramids providing the backdrop. Rehab Saad attended the gala opening 		Aida Sympathy symphony
The programme calls it "the most spectacular opera production ever staged" -- and the programme doesn't lie, writes Tarek Atia
Which Nobel prize?
Naguib Mahfouz says he's forgotten about the Nobel he won a decade ago but, as Rania Khallaf reports, many people still remember